Dating, Marriage, and the Legacy of Spanish Colonialism in the Pueblos of New Mexico
Dating, Marriage, and the Legacy of Spanish Colonialism in the Pueblos of New Mexico
Reproductive politics in settler nations like the US and Canada are based on gendered, sexualized, and racialized acts of oppression. In Indigenous communities, women are the foundation and the future. This presentation asserts that it is necessary to understand blood quantum and other forms of tribal enrollment practices as reproductive justice issues.
The talk will be followed by an open community crafting session on Zine-making with Danielle in the Indigenous Futures Lab.
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This talk is part of the 2024 Indigenous Knowledge Speaker Series. In this first annual series, WGSS and the Indigenous Futures Lab hold space for Indigenous knowledges and honor our esteemed guests whose insights guide our collective journey toward Indigenous Futures. Each talk in this year's series will be followed by a community crafting event with the speaker.
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Danielle D. Lucero earned her PhD in Justice and Social Inquiry from Arizona State University. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in Learning and Teaching and a BA in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies from Columbia University. Danielle is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta located in central New Mexico as well as Hispano with connections to the northeastern New Mexican town of Santa Rosa. Danielle’s research seeks to investigate the relationships between tribal enrollment, Pueblo women’s experiences with reproductive and social labor and exploring the connections between identity, belonging, place, and tribal membership. Her research is prompted by questions like, “I wonder how many babies are born because of blood quantum rather than love?” and “I want an enrolled child so I can’t leave him.” Her research utilizes critical Indigenous research methodologies, ethnography, and spatial analysis.